a great way to cook veggies....
well..I think Bamboo steamers are much more natural than the stainless steel ones.
Bamboos are used as medicinal ingredients in Asia. Some say if you cook rice in a bamboo stalk, the rice tastes sweeter than ever.
Besides since the thermal conductivity is lower than other metal steamers, it can contain heat better which in turns reduces the cooking time. It means also less chance of vitamine loss in the cooking process. On top of it, if you cook dumblings in one of these bamboo steamers, you can prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the steamer. Usually in this case, with a stainless steamer, you have to use a cheese cloth in order not to break the thin wrappers and keep the 'guts' inside.
I think quickly steamed veggies are the healthiest among all the cooked ones including the drowned ones which share their vitamine contents with water and the pan fried ones with additional calories on our collection. Of course we could just eat veggies raw but I've seen some bugs waving at me one day and ever since then, I try to give them a quick hot bless
before putting on the dinner table.
hmm..I hope I know what I am talking about...
Anyway, why not use it~ when you have it~
I loveee these bamboo steamers!
I saw one in a local chinese store here in town not long ago and I have been drooling all over on it! In fact, I was planning on adding it on my shopping list with the other cookware for tomorrow!